FRANCE HOOKER PEATO Mauvaka has been handed a three-game ban following his dangerous hit on Scotland’s Ben White last Saturday.
Mauvaka was shown a yellow card during the first half of France’s 35-16 win in Paris after he made head-to-head contact with White. The hooker returned to the field after being sent to the sin bin for 10-minutes. The incident was referred for a bunker review, but it was deemed the contact was not dangerous.
Mauvaka was then cited for an act of foul play contrary to Law 9.12 – A player must not…. strike with any part of the arm, shoulder, head or knee(s).
The Toulouse player appeared before an independent Disciplinary Committee via video link today, and they upheld the citing.
The committee was chaired by Jennifer Donovan (Ireland), joined by former international players John Langford (Australia) and Leon Lloyd (England).
The low-range entry point of six weeks/matches was determined to be appropriate.
In light of the player accepting he committed an act of foul play as well as other mitigating factors, which included his remorse, good conduct during the process, and previous clean record, the committee applied the full 50% reduction in its sanction, reducing the final sanction to three weeks/matches, from the entry point of six weeks.
As a result, Mauvaka will miss Toulouse’s next two Top 14 outings v Bordeaux Bègles (23 March) and Pau (29 March), as well as the French club’s Champions Cup round of 16 clash with Sale Sharks (6 April).
The only table they have topped in quite a while
The glazers.
With such a loss they still pay out 33m in dividends, robbers !
And Casemeiro claims he didn’t move there for the money. Laughable.
It’s the American way. God knows who they owe this “debt ” to. Anyone thinking club is in any danger is kidding themselves. They have repeatedly refused to cash in on naming rights to OT. Man utd is still a licence to print money.
All this info really shows is how ridiculously overpaid a huge amount of average players are
@Shane Obrien: As interest rates head up the debt will get worse. They need to invest £1B in stadium.
They took a punt by paying well over the odds for this summer’s signings. If they don’t make top for CL money debit will have to be amortised over a longer period, and stadium investment put on long finger.
No CL and stadium on long finger will put them in competitive disadvantage compared with CL clubs.